Title: Gramsci's "Little Discovery": Gramsci's Interpretation of Canto X of Dante's Inferno
Abstract: Gramsci did not attempt to work out a theory of literary criticism, but he did on occasion have things to say about various texts that have some important theoretical implications. One such occasion was his reading of Canto X of Dante's Inferno, the and main features of which I shall trace in this essay1 I say development because of the fact that Gramsci's interest in Canto X spans a period of more than twenty years, from his student days at the University of Turin on the eve of the first World War to the early 1930's, when he occupied a cell in the prison for the infirm and disabled in Turi di Bari and was composing the 2848 manuscript pages that eventually comprised the Prison Notebooks.
Publication Year: 1986
Publication Date: 1986-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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